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Approached by DreamWorks Animation about the prospect of helming a “Yeti movie,” writer/director Jill Culton seized what she saw as both an opportunity and a challenge, “to reinvent and ...
Jill Culton, writer and director of "Abominable," the upcoming animated feature from DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studios has been added to the roster of keynote speakers set for the 20th View ...
JILL CULTON: I wanted to explore the idea of, “What makes up a family?” And what prevents us from being deeply connected with them? In Yi’s case, at the beginning of the movie, ...
EXCLUSIVE: Jill Culton, who recently directed and wrote Dreamworks Animation-Pearl Studio’s Abominable, has signed with Verve. The CalArts alum is one of the first females in animation history ...
'Abominable'; writer/director Jill Culton featured in THR 'Behind the Screen' podcast series. By THR Staff Jill Culton, writer and director of Dreamworks Animation and China’s Pearl Studio’s ...
Jill Culton: Luckily, they’re showing the movie at the conference right before the conference starts as part of the film festival. And so, knowing that, ...
JILL CULTON The character I relate to the most in this movie is the main character, Yi. She is a 16-year-old girl who grows up in China. She is more of a tomboy than anything else.
As we told you first Jill Culton and Wicked‘s Jon M. Chu are co-directing with songs by Oscar winners Benj Paske and Justin Paul. Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit) is adapting the book.
WHEN veteran animator Jill Culton set to work on her directorial debut, “Open Season,” she knew she wanted something different. In most animated movies, said Culton, “there’s always a ...
The animated feature, directed by “Wicked” filmmaker Jon M. Chu and Jill Culton, has been given a March 17, 2028, release date in traditional theaters and Imax. J.J. Abrams and Gregg Taylor ...
It took several years, but writer-director Jill Culton has finally seen her animated film “Abominable” come to the big screen, and in a big way. The DreamWorks Animation–Pearl Studio ...